First announced early last month, the China server for Age of Wushu will be getting a major content update on 8th August, including a much larger area, new clans and more. Last week, the Chinese media sat down with an…
Forsaken World 2 – Perfect World teases mega expansion for China
As with most online games in China, a big content update will propel a certain game to “2” or “3”, instead of being a totally new game. Perfect World has started teasing about “PEM II”, where “PEM” used to be…
Asta: The War of Tears and Winds – Publisher for China region revealed
Powered by CryEngine, the China publisher for Asta: The War of Tears and Winds was revealed to be ChangYou. ChangYou is rather ambitious these days, signing new and still in-development Korean games such as Bless, Project Black Sheep, and Kingdom Under Fire…
Monster Hunter Online – New test phase begins with exclusive monster
After going off the radar for a couple of months, Monster Hunter Online started its Extreme Test Phase in China yesterday. Co-developed by Capcom and Tencent Games using CryEngine, several new features were added along with a list of over…
Tencent – Brand value continues to surpass Facebook and Samsung
Similar to last year’s report by BrandZ, Tencent’s brand value continues to surge ahead of other massive tech giant’s, including Facebook and Samsung. The China tech giant, well-known for its QQ Messenger, Tencent Games portal and WeChat mobile app, jumped…
Guild Wars 2 – Publisher steps up as China server facing account hacks
Preparing for the official Open Beta launch tomorrow (China time), it comes at a bad time for publisher KongZhong as Guild Wars 2 China is currently facing an account hack crisis. KongZhong has acknowledged the issue, and promised a 100%…
Call of Duty Online – Development shifts from China to North America
Formerly developed by Activision Shanghai, it was announced recently that development for Call of Duty Online has been shifted to Raven Software. It is quite a weird move after knowing the news, since Call of Duty Online is exclusively targeted…
Guild Wars 2 – 33 servers prepared for Open Beta phase in China
Having entered the head-start phase on 1st May for gamers who pre-ordered before 30th April, Guild Wars 2 China will officially enter the Open Beta phase on 15th May, which is this coming week. To mark this momentous event, 9…
Age of Wushu – China server getting mega-expansion this August
Last week, Age of Wushu held its annual PvP tournament in China, the home base of developer Snail Game. The development team spoke to several local media outlets after announcing a mega-expansion reaching the China server on 8th August later…
ArcheAge – China server to utilize double currency system
An article in China recently revealed the business model for ArcheAge China, and it will be different from the straight-forward Free-to-play system found in Korea, Japan and Russia. 2 in-game currencies will be used, namely Gold and Blue Shells. Read…
Major League Gaming – Permanent eSports arena announced for China
[Source] Most of Major League Gaming’s live events to date have been held in North America, but the eSports league is looking beyond the continent for its first permanent arena. The group has announced that the first-ever MLG Gaming Arena will…
ArcheAge – New beta phase version to be faster than Korean server
Translated as the “Holy Task” test phase, ArcheAge China will once again open its doors to gamers with beta access on 18th May 2014. Tencent Games also revealed via a press release that the game version will be “faster than…
Revelation – New combat footage showcases 3 of the playable classes
With the debut test phase starting in a couple of days in China, developer NetEase recently released videos showcasing in-game combat of 3 of the playable classes (video merged below). While not sporting a full non-target action combat system, the overall…
Revelation – Final class announced as debut test phase begins next week
The final playable class for Revelation’s debut test phase was announced recently, named as 圣堂, or loosely along the lines of Paladin. You can probably see from the trailer below, the Paladin is a heavily-armoured class acting as the game’s…